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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Jean Potvin Rick Lapointe

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerJean Potvin: Goals, 0.08 a game, 60th percentileJean Potvin: Assists, 0.25 a game, 49th percentileJean Potvin: Points, 0.33 a game, 56th percentileJean Potvin: Shots, 1.39 a game, 59th percentileRick Lapointe: Goals, 0.04 a game, 36th percentileRick Lapointe: Assists, 0.23 a game, 43rd percentileRick Lapointe: Points, 0.27 a game, 41st percentileRick Lapointe: Shots, 0.97 a game, 33rd percentile
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On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the regulars at his position: forwards against forwards, defencemen against defencemen. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number. The lines are each player's points adding up, game by game.

The numbers

Jean Potvin D, NYI 1978-79 Rick Lapointe D, LAK
64 Games played 77
5 Goals 3
16 Assists 18
21 Points 21
0.33 Points per game 0.27
-10 Plus/minus 15
89 Shots 75
5.6 Shooting % 4.0
0 Hits 0
65 Penalty minutes 53
0:00 Average ice time 0:00

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two.